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• Radiation probe after SNJ story

  GOVERNMENT watchdogs have launched an investigation into possible radioactive substances at Aston Down after last week's story in the SNJ. read more

• Glorious Painswick seal promotion spot

  PAINSWICK sealed promotion to Division One with a hard fought 36 run victory over Chalford. read more

• Campaigner blasts poverty celebrities

  SLAD Make Poverty History campaigner Anne Russell condemned celebrities who imply politicians are solely responsible for Africa's problems at a meeting last week. read more

• Pick of the flicks to view at festival

  THE Cotswold International Film Festival returns to Stroud's Subscription Rooms next weekend with a plethora of fine short films. read more

• Jamie tackles Everest

  GRADUATE Jamie Rouan is bidding to become one of the youngest climbers ever to reach the peak of Mount Everest. read more

• Mum fights for service

  HER teenage son has to hitch-hike to see his friends and she is paying £600 a year to put her daughter on the school bus. read more

• Rachel is head over heels

  A FORMER Archway School pupil is flying high after joining the RAF's elite aerobatics team the Red Arrows. read more

• Two men charged with murdering artist

  TWO men have been charged with murder after a fatal attack on a peace-loving artist at Hawkwood College. read more

• Second theft of 4x4 leaves family reeling

  A MOTHER-OF-TWO is calling for thieves to return a Landrover left to her by her recently deceased father after it was stolen from her Stroud home - for the second time this year. read more

• Charlie joins a class act

  CHILDREN at a Stroud school raised money for the hospital that treated a classmate who needed a kidney transplant operation. read more

• Kindness of King's

  REGULARS at a Stroud pub have ensured a long-serving customer can carry on enjoying their company by raising £1,000 to buy him an electric scooter. read more

• Rovers slide to first defeat

  FOREST GREEN'S hitherto splendid Conference campaign turned sour on Saturday when they suffered their first defeat of the season. read more

• Appeal to missing 15-year-old

  POLICE are keen to trace the whereabouts of a 15-year-old girl who went missing from her home in Lower Street, Stroud, on August 3. read more

• New era for Hazel

  ONE of the highlights of the Fringe Festival weekend in Stroud is a concert by Hazel O'Connor at Stroud Subscription Rooms on the opening night. read more

• Yobs locked up for drunken violence

  FOUR Stroud louts are starting jail sentences this week for booze-fuelled violence. read more

• A-level success is best yet

  EMOTIONS ran high on Thursday as Stroud students proved themselves to be among the country's best and brightest with superb A Level results. read more

• Warriors are sent to Coventry

  TOTALrl .com Rugby League Conference Championship Southern Semi-Final read more

• Films go full screen ahead

  THESE are the first pictures of what the interior of Stroud's new £2.1 million cinema is likely to look like when it opens in November. read more

• Superstar DJ releases platter that matters

  AFTER two years of work, thousands of hours of tweaking and a little help from a Chilean saxophonist, a Stroud DJ has finally released his magnum opus. read more

• FA Cup glory for Shortwood stars

  FA Cup glory over Cornish side Bodmin Town this Saturday (3pm) would guarantee Shortwood United a trip to Southern Premier League Yate Town in the FA Cup First Qualifying round. read more

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